Computer scientist Sebastian Seung compares the different ways one can write code to the styles of writing essays, highlighting the importance of clean, parsimonious code for programming beginners. He also discusses how asking the right questions and understanding the context is key to a successful interview.
This platform is like a multiplayer game for programmers where they can find and interact with other pieces of code, test and deploy their own code and even find ways to monetize it. The platform shows a hockey stick growth graph since it acts like a social network for programmers.
The host discusses the challenges of programming episodes during the pandemic and how the absence of hair and makeup affected the show's format.
The speaker talks about how he has been programming for two and a half months and highlights how walking through a forest helps him in his work.
Derek Sivers explains why he learned programming out of necessity to automate time-consuming tasks while running his business CD Baby and shares his recommended directives.
Many programmers worry too much about optimizing efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times. The assumption that the computer will struggle with the parts that are hardest for the programmer to write is faulty.
